Railroad bed or tie.



No. 695,823. Patented Mar. I8, 1902. P. .1. MORAN.

RAILROAD BED UR TIE.

(Application filed Inn. 21, 1901.)

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PATRICK J. MORAN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

RAILROAD BED OR TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 695,823, dated March18, 1902. Application filed January 21, 19 0l. Serial No. 44,101. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that LPATRICK J .MonAN,a citizen of the United States,residing at Memphis, Shelby county, State of Tennessee, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Beds or Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railroadand other car beds or ties. It has for its object to provide a solid andpermanent bed or tie which will hold the rails positively and withoutthe use of spikes, bolts, or other common means of fastening them downand to also minimize the eifect of joints by providing a permanentfoundation under the rail at the joint and a rigid support for lateralmovement at or near the joint. I carry out these objects as will be morefully hereinafter set out in the specifications, drawings, and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is asectional detail showing a T-rail. Fig. 2is a mechanical perspective showing a short section of continuous bed.Fig. 3 is a mechanical perspective of the bed laid in the form of ties.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like lettersindicate the same orlike parts in all the views, A is an ordinary railroad-rail which issupported and held by a concrete tie or foundation B. This foundationdiffers from all heretofore used in that it closely embraces the rail Aat D and E on the outer and inner side of same, respectively, andthereby holds the rail against movement of any kind whatsoever withoutthe use of spikes, bolts, or like extraneous means. The concrete atD'comes flush, or nearly so, with the top of the rail at the outside,while the part at E comes only to the bottom of the ball of the rail,thus supporting the rail completely on the outside and as thoroughly onthe inside as is permissible without interfering with the flange of thewheel.

The gist then of my invention consists in thus supporting and holdingthe rail by surrounding it on three sides with concrete withoutinterfering, however, with those parts of the rail which come in contactwith the wheels.

F represents tie-rods which extend across the top of the concrete (orare slightly embedded in same) and are bent down at the ends f throughdepressions g in the concrete and are thence passed through the rail tosupport the concrete foundation should a crack develop. G is an openingleft in the concrete to permit access to the nuts H on the end of thesetie-rods. The position of the tie-rod makes, in effect, with theconcrete a truss which is very eifective in holding the foundationtogether in case of failure from any cause. The holes G may be made byinserting blocks of Wood, tamping the concrete solutely necessary andmay be omitted, if so desired. The angle-bars may also be omitted, inwhich case no openings are left at the rail ends. lVhere openings havebeen left, it is preferable if they are to be filled that the edges becoated with soft wash, so that the new cement will not bond with theold, and that the openings be then filled with concrete, which, notbonding with the original bed, may be broken out and removed withoutbreaking or disturbing same. The same material, with the addition of newcement, may be reused, if so desired.

In Fig. 3 I show a modified form of my road-bed, which diifers from thatfirst shown in that the foundation is made up of ties which are placedas is commonly the practice.

D and E show more clearly the form of the concrete where it fits againsta T-rail. The tie-rod, while preferably used, is not necessarily so,since where good concrete is used the danger of breakage is so smallthat in many cases they are entirely unnecessary. If so desired, a widertie may be used at the rail-joint in order to thoroughly support bothrail ends, in which case the concrete would be made to closely embracethe angle-bar or else be made wide enough to permit openings I and J,such as are in the continuous bed.

While I have in this specification used the word concrete, I wish itdistinctly understood that I do not intend by this to indicate aspecific mixture of cement, stone, and sand, but rather to use the termgenerically as embracing all that class of materials in which a bondingmaterial is used which may serve the purpose of the cement. Notableamong these is asphalt, which,though ordinarily too costly, may be usedin special cases.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent in the United States, is-

1. The combination with the rails properly spaced, of a support ofconcrete surrounding the rails on three sides but leaving the top andinside edges of the balls of same free, and tie-rods extending acrossthe top of said support substantially at right angles to the rails,

substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with rails properly spaced, of a continuous supportof concrete surrounding the rails on three sides, but leaving the top ofthe rails and the inside edges of the balls of same free, and tie-rodsextend ing across the top of said support at right angles to therails,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with rails properly spaced, of a continuous bed ofconcrete surrounding the rails on three sides and supporting and bindingsame but leaving the top of the rail and the inside edges of the ballsof same free, the said bed having openings at the rail-joints to permitaccess to the anglebars and tie-rods crossing over the top of the bedsubstantially at right angles to the rails, the ends of said tie-rodsbeing bent down to pass through the web of the rail, substantially asshown and described.

4. The combination with rails properly spaced, of a continuous bed ofconcrete surrounding the rails on three sides and supporting and bindingsame, but leaving the top of the rail and the inside edges of the ballsof same free, the said bed having openings at the rail-joints to permitaccess to the angle-bars, and tie-rods crossing over the top of the bedsubstantially at right angles to the rails, the ends of said tie-rodsbeing bent down to pass through the web of the rail,nuts on the ends ofsaid rods and openings outside the rails in the said concrete bed topermit access to the said nuts, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with rails properly spaced, of a continuous bed ofconcrete sup porting and surrounding the rails and tierods extendingacross the top of the bed at right angles to the rails, substantially asshown and described.

6. The combination with rails properly spaced, of a s'upport'of concretebinding and bracing the rail on the bottom and sides, the said supporthaving openings at the rail-joints to permit access to the angle-bars,and tierods crossing over the top of the bed sub-' stantially at rightangles to the rails, the ends of said tie-rods being bent down to passthrough the web of the rail, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK J. MORAN.

\Vitnesses:

J. S. BosAMoND, J. R. FLIPPIN.

